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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I'm still confused about Pat Bell, who voted for Trump but said fences and walls don't work. The wall was the only concrete policy he expressed the entire campaign.
And boy is the administration keeping the courts busy. This election could be good for my line of work after all... ![]()
There is a special kind of shamelessness in that tweet.
edited 4th Apr '17 7:58:08 AM by CenturyEye
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our livesSeriously, this notion you can subtract things like race and environmentalism from West Virginia...
Seconded. I can argue all I want with the people in my ultraconservative hometown. I can get them to agree with me on certain points. I can get them to admit I am right and they are wrong. I can explain my candidate's positions and get them to say he seems like an honest guy. And yet, in the end, they'll still vote for the archconservative candidate because that is what they've always done.
Trump finally keeps his campaign promise and donates his Salary to NPS. Still doesn't make up for the proposed budget cuts.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/04/03/trump-donates-first-quarter-salary-to-national-park-service.html
x6 Literally the first point in the book, if you use Laclau's definition of populism
*.
*Do note there's a few problems with his definition of Populism, the main one for our purposes being he created it as an attempt to whitewash the usage of "populism" into something neutral/good.
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KVA motion for cloture is a roll-call vote to end a filibuster, requiring 60% of votes in the Senate to pass. If McConnell is calling for cloture, it means he is not using the "nuclear option", which would be a Senate rules change, voted on by simple majority, to eliminate the use of the filibuster against judicial nominees.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Correct. Democrats have sufficient support to block a cloture motion, meaning that Gorsuch will not be confirmed.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It is unclear why McConnell would invoke cloture on Gorsuch when he knows he lacks the votes to pass it. Perhaps he's just making a point? If so, one wonders what that might be.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"He's forcing them to commit to blocking Gorsuch, I guess. Wants them "on record".
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You could be a dick and ask them why they cared so much about Clinton's emails when there was far less evidence of wrongdoing.
edited 4th Apr '17 9:29:02 AM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"![]()
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Matter of style, but be warned, people who idolize him will take affronts to his "strength" personally. It was posted here some time ago, but Lindsay Ellis (formerly Nostalgia Chick) posted a video
for amicable talking with Trump supporters among your friends and family. Might be applicable.
edited 4th Apr '17 9:34:42 AM by CenturyEye
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our livesDoublepost because Partake of the Sweet Land of Schadenfreude
Mercedes, BMW, and Hyundai dump O'Reilly Factor amid lawsuits
Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and BMW have each pulled advertising following the "disturbing" allegations.
The New York Times reported on Saturday that settlements of $13m (£10.4m) were reached with five women who accused him of inappropriate behaviour.
The network now faces lawsuits alleging both racial and sexual discrimination.
A Fox News contributor sued on Monday, alleging sexual harassment by its ousted former chairman, Roger Ailes.
Adding to the network's legal woes, a third African-American employee joined a racial discrimination lawsuit on Tuesday.
Monica Douglas, a Fox News accounts manager, alleges former executive Judy Slater repeatedly made racist comments and expressed "an unwillingness to even be near black people".
Ms Douglas said in her court filing that she first complained about Ms Slater in 2014, but "nothing was done".
Mr O'Reilly, 67, did not discuss the allegations against himself on Monday night.
His show instead featured segments on Democrats opposing President Donald Trump and a story about college liberals.
Hyundai said it would remove forthcoming ads from The O'Reilly Factor because of the "recent and disturbing allegations".
One of Mr O'Reilly's accusers is Wendy Walsh, a psychologist who was once a regular guest on The O'Reilly Factor.
She accused the host of withdrawing a job offer after she declined his invitation to go with him to his hotel suite after a dinner in 2013.
Ms Walsh told CNN on Monday night: "I want to be clear, I'm not after money. I just want a nontoxic work environment for my daughters and their generation."
Her lawyer, Lisa Bloom, said Fox News was the "Bill Cosby of corporate America", in reference to the TV entertainer who is facing multiple sex assault claims.
The president of the National Organization for Women, Terry O'Neill, called for Mr O'Reilly's dismissal.
She said that "the reported use of his powerful position to repeatedly manipulate women reveals a cruel misogyny that runs to the core of his character".
"Women have the right to go to work without facing harassment. Fox News apparently doesn't get that basic concept," she added.
In a statement over the weekend, 21st Century Fox stood by Mr O'Reilly while adding that it "takes matters of workplace behaviour very seriously".

Now to see if the Fat Man drops or proves to just by a Little Boy throwing a tantrum
edited 4th Apr '17 7:55:49 AM by sgamer82